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SYDNEY CUP TO IAN OR Beats Australias Best in Valuable Race at Randwick Gloaming Has Mishap Old Sasa Sasanofs nofs Remarkable Racing Some Notable Sales SYDNEY N S W Australia June 1 The big race for the Sydney Cup was run at Randwick May 19 and won by Ian Or after a superb race There were eighteen starters Ian Or was at 10 to 1 in the betting He was backed down from 40 to 1 in the future books booksThe The first line written by a leading Melbourne oiwrator in his book of the Sydney Cup was 5000 to 125 Ian Or The wager was taken in March A Caulfield man is said to have picked the Doncastcr and Cup double with one of the lead ¬ ing Sydney layers His wager about Hem and Ian Or was 2500 to 250 250Although Although he is a sixyearold Ian Or had only won one race prior to his victory in the Sydney Cup He did not race as a twoyearold and only three times in tlio following season seasonThe The summary of the Sydney Cup race is as fol ¬ lows lowsA A handicap sweepstakes of 100 each 25 forfeit with 25000 added 5000 to second horse and 2500 to third A E Oockrams b g Ian Or 0 by Martagon Ena ninetyfour pounds F McNnmara 1 O bySt L Macdpnalds b g Night Watch 5 by St Alwyrie Wakeful 124 pounds W Dun ¬ can 2 2Sir Sir byMarble Samuel Horderns b g Arch Marella 5 by Marble Arch Seatonella 124 pounds L A AWalker Walker 3 3The The other starters were Kennequhair 134 Pot trel 12G Bursar 130 Lanius 127 The Fortune Hunter 124 Finraark 115 Sandbee 110 Booster 107 Phast Boy 107 Redburn 100 Greg 98 Golden Bronze 97 West Malong 91 and Burra bogi 9G 9GThe The post betting on the Cup was wasHorse Horse Odds Horse Odds OddsNight Night Watch 5 to 1 Phast Boy 20 to 1 1Finmark Finmark 7 to 1 Kennaquhair 20tol 20tolBooster Booster 7 to 1 The Fortune FortuneGreg Greg 8 to 1 Kunter 25 to 1 1Mest Mest Molong 10 to 1 Lanius 40 to 1 1Ian Ian Or 10 to 1 Arch Marella 40 to 1 1Poitrel Poitrel 14 to 1 Bursar 66 to 1 1Golden Golden Bronze 14 to 1 Redburn 66 to 1 1Sandbee Sandbee 20 tol Burrabogi 100 to 1 1Ian Ian Or won by three lengths Night Watch WHS one and onehalf lengths before Arch Marella Time 331 Track muddy muddyAt At the rate the Australian Jockey Club progressed in prize money from 1911 to 1915 it is practically certain that if the war had not intervened Its dis ¬ tribution of added money for the current season would have exceeded S500000 The 200000 mark was first reached in 19089 and from then to 1914 15 the figure jumped to 400000 Then the war had to be faced and with the club contributing all its profits to patriotic funds a shrinkage in added money naturally resulted resultedCommencing Commencing with 18956 the Australian Jockey Clubs added money for each season has been as follows followsYear Year Total Year Total 1890 118500 1908 184250 1897 115250 1909 204000 1898 101750 1910 224750 1899 114750 1911 254250 1900 117425 1912 282000 1901 114950 1913 313750 1902 123875 1914 253750 1903 132375 1915 400000 1904 135025 1910 374750 1905 143500 1917 329250 32925019W 19W 155125 1918 322250 1907 170750 170750NOTABLE NOTABLE RACING OF SASANOF SASANOFSasanof Sasanof Is a remarkable gelding inasmuch as no distance conies amiss to him During the last two months he has run in six races winning at three quarters a mile a mile and a quarter and two miles while in the other two races he was placed at threequarters and seveneighths respectively At Hawkes Hay in April recently he won a three quarters handicap at Wellington May 1 with 135 pounds he pulled off the Thompson Handicap one mile in the record time for the race of 138 and then on May 3 accounted for the Trentham Gold Cup two miles in 237 beating those good fillies Afterglow and Punka lx th of which have recently l een showing excellent form At Ric curton Cliristchurch Punka won the Great Autumn Handicap a mile and a half at the Easter meet ¬ ing with 110 pounds and Afterglow won the Great Northern St Leger at Auckland and the New Zea ¬ land St Legor at Wellington on Thursday In the latter she turned the table on Star Lady which beat her in the Oaks at Auckland and made the time record for the race of 300 the previous best being Eligibles 301i 301iHowever However Sasanof is their superior at weightfor ¬ age and is much better than Ids appearance would suggest When last in Australia there was nothing special about him either in size or stoutness and when he won the Melbourne Cup so decisively he was an ordinarylooking threeyearold threeyearoldSasanof Sasanof has stunted in fortytwo races and has IMHMI first thirteen times secon1 twelve times and third fix times Hn has won 83325 in stakes stakesNotwithstanding Notwithstanding that influenza has played such havoc with racing during the past three months the New South Wales government lias received 552555 as it percentage of totalLsator receipts for ten months of tin current financial year This Is 214115 more than fur the corresponding term last year yearOfficial Official returns show that for the nine months ended March 31 the state revenue from betting tickets iu Victoria was 259329 or 10793 more than for the corresponding period of the previous financial year Bookmakers licenses for the nine months yielded 58500 or 2725 In excess of receipts for the first threequarters of 191718 In Victoria the letting ticket tax is six cents in tin paddock and two cents in the other inclosures inclosuresIt It will cost 250 to start a horse in the next Melbourne Cup This Is nn increase of 100 In the amount of tin sweepstake For some seasons the acceptance for the Melbourne Cup was only 150 In Patrobas Melbourne Cup in 1915 when the prize was 40000 added it cost only 150 to run Continued oa secopd page SYDNEY CUP TO IAN OR Continued from first page The prize this year will IKJ 3i000 added In the years when Bravo Carbine Malvolio and Glenloth won tiieir Melbourne Cups an acceptance of 250 was also the rule ruleGLOAMINa GLOAMINa HURT THREE FINE SATES SATESThe The Australian champion Gloaming is tempo ¬ rarily on the shelf May 1 at Wellington the North Island Challenge Stakes seveneighths of a mile In which he was opposed by three twoyearolds looked a good thing for Gloaming but unfortunate ¬ ly he fell at barrier rise The mishap was caused by his entanglement in the tapes of the starting barrier He came down heavily and appeared to be slightly lame on returning to the birdcage but though he was still sore when he left Wellington a few days later the trouble was not regarded as at all serious by R J Mason his trainer trainerTwo Two notable sales of fine young horses in action among the best in New Zealand are reported from Wellington W Richmond was the purchaser of both He gave 15250 for the threeyearold bay colt Spanner by The Nut Dudii and 20500 for the twoyearold colt Surveyor by Nassau Pedom ¬ eter Surveyors future engagements include the Victoria Derby and St Leger He is extremely fast and likely to improve Surveyor holds the Australasian half mile record of 45 seconds made at the Riccarton course of Christchnrch last November NovemberSpanner Spanner is also most promising His seller E W Allison paid 400 for and won 7225 with the colt before his sale When Spanner was a yearling and after las first sale Allison sent him to auction in New Zealand with a reserve of 525 on him Fortunately for his owner that sum was not forthcoming and in stakes and what he recently received for him from Mr Richmond the 400 colt has returned Mr Allison nearly 25000 25000Another Another sale of iiote was that of the imported horse Magpie to P Miller of Kiora Scone for 25000 Mr Miller better known under iiisfacing name of Mr Leslie English has bought the black for stud purposes Magpie purposesMagpie was a fine fast racer but would not train of late He holds the Australasian record of 2H for one and onequarter miles made at Flemington Victoria November 2 1918 under 120 pounds a fine performance Magpie came to Australia in 1917 In England he ran but twice and iu the Two Thousand Guineas of 1917 nin Gay Crusader to a head He was raced in England by Major William Waldorf Astor AstorGEEAT GEEAT DESERT GOLD IS DECLINING DECLININGAt At the Wellington New Zealand Manawatu Rac ¬ ing Clubs meeting May 7 Desert Gold attempted to win her fourth Awapuni Cup She ran well too but was beaten a length by that wonderfully con ¬ sistent gelding Sasanof which finished the mile and a quarter in 204 This was a record for the race and even if Desert Gold is not quite as good as a year ago records have been made in at least four of the events In which she was defeated this season Poitrel beat her at Randwick in what up to then was the Australian record for a mile and a half Wedding Day has since beaten it a record for Australia was made in the Okapu Plate in which though unplaced she was not more than half a length from the winner Magpie downed her in record time for a mile and a quarter at Flemington and the Awapurii Cup brought about her circumstancesIn defeat under similar circumstances In the Manawatu Stakes on the second day of the meeting under notice she easily beat Lucid and that smart twoyearold War Plane but the latter was in receipt of only thirteen pounds This made Desert Golds thirtysixth win during her career and this has been her worst season She has started ten times for two wins five seconds and three times unplaced It is stated her owiivr had an Idea of giving her another trip to Australia in the spring but perhaps her defeat by Sasanof may cause him to depart from any such intention Desert Gold will be seven years old next spring and it would be strange if at that age she did not commence SlightlyThe to deteriorate Slightly The biggest twoyearold earner in New Zealand tins season is Surveyor Nassau Pedometer with 15250 to his credit He has only once been out of a place in eleven starts The seasons principal twoyearold stake winners in New Zealand aw awSurveyor Surveyor by Nassau Pedometer 15 50 War 50War Plane by Martian Adellcia = 9 l 5 Affectation sl50Hctaiia by Kilbroney Simper sl50 Hctaiia by Demosthenes Fairy Gold 8025 8025Crenides Crenides by Demosthenes Gold Thread i850 i850RECORD RECORD HAKER IN HURDIE RACE The annual hurdle race at Randwick last Tuesday saw old Scoutmaster which is an exchampion on the flat and nearly eleven years old record his first win over obstacles He is new at the sport and won easily from his stable companion Blue Leaf The old horse still holds the Australasian record for one and threequarters miles made at Rand ¬ wick in October 1015 under light weight The disqualification of the crack lightweight jockey Frank Dempsey at the Victorian Club races at Mopnee Valley lias caused widespread comment in racing circles A complaint was made against Dempsey that In connection with the draw for bar ¬ rier places he endeavored to secure a more favor ¬ able position at the starting post by manipulation Dempsey has appealed but the opinion is that the appeal will do him no good and that he deserved what he got gotThe The Victoria Racing Club of Melbourne has adopted a resolution providing that in all races under its rules every jockey or rider shall after August 1 wear a skull cap of approved design arid material This regulation is a commendable one and should help to minimize the effect of raciiii accidents considerablyThe to jockeys considerably The Victoria Amateur Turf Club will make nn alteration in its stake values These events lost next week The chief of them are the Caulfield Cup of 25000 Other races include Caulfield Guineas 1921 10250 Debutant Stakes 7500 Toorak Handicap 6000 Australian Hilfdle 7500 Australian Steeplechase 8750 and Caulfield Fu ¬ turity Stakes of 1921 15000 KANGAROO
